Division A offers its product to outside markets for ($60.) It incurs variable costs of ($22) per
Question:
Division A offers its product to outside markets for \($60.\) It incurs variable costs of \($22\) per unit and fixed costs of \($75,000\) per month based on monthly production of 4,000 units. Division B can acquire the product from an alternate supplier for \($63\) per unit or from Division A for \($60\) plus
\($4\) per unit in transportation costs in addition to the transfer price charged by Division A.
Required
a. What are the costs and benefits of the alternatives available to Division A and Division B with respect to the transfer of Division A’s product? Assume that Division A can market all that it can produce.
b. How would your answer change if Division A had idle capacity sufficient to cover all of Division B’s needs?
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Fundamentals Of Cost Accounting
ISBN: 0071332618
2nd Edition
Authors: William Lanen, Shannon Anderson